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wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Similar entries See also III a Wille forgieldan gǽsta Dryhten willum æfter ðære wyrde, ðam ðe his synna nú sáre geþenceþ, Exon.

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ge-sellan

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Ealle þing mé synt gesealde (tradita) fram mínum Fæder, Mt. ii. 27. (l a) of lending :-- Gif þú fioh tó borge gesylle (mutuam dederis) þínum geféran, Ll. Th. i. 52, 21. Geléned feoh vel on borh geseald res credita, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 70.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Gif se gereáfa ðis oferheald, gebéte .xxx. sciłł. and sié áæt feoh gedǽled ðǽm þearfum ðe on ða[m] tún[e] synd, ðe ðis ungefremed wunie, L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 198, 12.

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ge-mynd

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Onbryrded mid gemynde his synna conpunctus memoria peccatorum suorum, Bd. 3, 27; Sch. 319, 17.

gildan

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as a manwyrð; in either case if the slayer could not be given up an additional manwyrþ had to be paid, making in the one case four, in the other two manwyrþ.] of religious practice v. gild ; with object, to pay a vow, pay homage to a divinity On mé synd

ge-mǽne

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</b> that is enjoyed in common :-- Þá þe áscyrede sýn fram þám gemǽnan gereorde privati a mense participatione, R. Ben. 49, 4. <b>I b.</b> </b> Se mægðhád is gemǽne ægþrum cnihtnm and mǽdenum. Hml. A. 33, 224. <b>I c.

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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H. 31, 13: Gen. 2670: Dan. 657. in expiation of Hé þrowode on þám gealg-treówe for guman synnum, Kr. 146. in redemption for. Cf. B. 4 Sî þreóra án for his feóre, wergild, . . . Ll.

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Ðis syndon ðæs londes gemǽro tó Abbandúne. 5. Gemǽra gedá1 finium regundorum actio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 30: 148, 61. Hé hine gelǽdde ealle þá gemǽru, swá hé him of þám aldan bócum rǽdde, C. D. v. 140, 32.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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</b> referring to intercession to the Deity. v. þingere, II :-- Ða ðe on heofenum syndon, hí þingiaþ for ða ðe ðyssum sange fylgeaþ, Blickl. Homl. 45, 36. Swá oft swá hig clypiaþ tó Criste, and for folces neóde þingiaþ, L. C.

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Wegas syndon drýge, haswe herestrǽta, Cd. Th. 195, 28; Exod. 283. a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used Weg via, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 56. On eástan ealles folces weg, and an súðan se weg se ðe líð tó ðam ilcan lande, Cod. Dip.

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Seó wiht heaðoglemma féng deópra dolga, Rä. 57, 3. to begin Féhð seó weáláf synna bemǽnan, Wlfst. 133, 13. intrans. to begin Se circul féhð on Ianuario and þǽr eft geendað, Angl. viii. 300, 18. to take up a subject Ic wolde þæt wit féngen eft þider

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Hú ða synna him wið winnaþ, Past. 21 ; Swt. 163, 2. Gé wunnon ongeán Drihten adversum Dominum contendisti Deut. 9, 7. Ne wynne gé ongén ða ðe eów yfel dóð non resistere malo, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 39. Heó (Hagar) ongan wið Sarran winnan, Cd.

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sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Gúþláce engel sealde, ðæt him sweðraden synna lustas, Exon. Th. 109, 1; Gú. 83. Syle mé, ðæt ðú mé generige níða gehwylces, Ps. Th. 118, 169. to give punishment, reward Sealde him wítes clom, Cd. Th. 193, 11; Sat. 453.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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S. 23 b, 462. of situation, to be contiguous Eást-Seaxe syndon Temese streáme tósceádne fram Centlande and tó eástsǽ geðeódde ( orientali marl contigui ), Bd. 2, 3; Sch. 122, 16. to join together people, unite in one company Aldermen tósomne geþeóde

irnan

(v.)
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Steorran yrnaþ wiþer-sýnes, Bl. H. 93, 19. Him arn on lást þýstre genip, Gen. 138. Gif se móna urne swá úp swá seó sunne déþ, Lch, iii. 248, 6.

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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Mín syn biþ symble ongeán mé my sin is ever before me, L. E.

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þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Feówer þing synt ealra þinga behéfost ðam árwyrðan men, ðam ðé þencþ tó ðam écan lífe, 247, 12. Hé tó gyrnwræce swíðor þóhte ðonne tó sǽláde his thoughts were turned rather to vengeance than to voyage, Beo. Th. 2282; B. 1139.

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Feówer gesceafta synd, ðe ealle eorðlíce líchaman on wuniaþ, Lchdm. iii. 272, 11-13. Ða hálgan þrynnysse on ánre godcundnysse ǽfre wunigende, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 216: 16, 1.

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þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Hér syndan rýperas and reáferas and woruldstrúderas and ðeófas and þeódscaðan, Wulfst. 165, 36. Þeófum grassatoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 35. Ealle niht ic ( the ox-herd) stande ofer ða oxan waciende for þeófan (propter fures ), Coll. Monast.

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heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Th. i. 312, 23. in the phrase in heortan and heortan with duplicity In heortan and heortan spreocende syndun ðá yflan in corde et corde locuti sunt mala, Ps. Srt. II, 3